# Cutting postal service by a day or two: So what?

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**Created:** [January 29, 2009, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-postal-service-by-a-day-or-two-so-what/483504 "2009-01-29T04:17:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-postal-service-by-a-day-or-two-so-what/483504/44 "2009-01-30T02:16:18Z")

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> [@Rand\_Rover](#):
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> I wish they’d cut service to zero days a week. It’s ridiculous that the government loses money every year doing something that should so obviously be done by the private sector.

If there’s one thing I don’t want the Private Sector doing, it’s delivering the mail (FedEx and UPS don’t count; they’re Parcel Delivery and Couriers.) There are some things that really should be the Government’s responsibility and, IMHO, the Post Office is one of them.

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